Internet Safety
-Cyberbulling- Cherise Hodge (Stafford Schools)
  • flaming- online fights-using electronic messages with angry and vulgar language
  • harassment- repeated offensive, rude communication
  • inpersonation- breaking into someone's account, posing as that person, to make that person look bad, get that person in trouble or danger or damage that person's reputation or friendship
  • outing- sharing secrets
  • trickery- tricking someone into revealing secrets or embarassing information which is then shared online
  • exclusion- intentionally leaving someone out
  • denigration- sending or posting cruel gossip or rumors about a person
  • cyberstalking- repeatedly sendng messages that include threats of harm or are highly intimidating
  • cyberthreats- direct threats or distressing materials that raises concerns or provides clues that the person is emotionally upset and may be considering harming someone or harming himself, or committing suicide
through email, cell phone, pager, IM, web site, blogs
tends to start in middle school

Bullies- Put downers and get backers
Targets- victims of the cyberbully

Tips- never send messages when angry, never say something online you wouldn't say in person, tell students not to believe everything they read, tell students not to share personal info (explicit discussion of what constitutes persnal information), teach students limits to free speech (threats of violence, harassment or stalking, hate or bias crimes, etc), teach students that words are deeds (a traceable action), teach students that the internet is not anonymous, online actions are punishable

What to do- send a neutral message telling the bully to stop, remove yourself from situation, block or filter all further communications through email or im, don't forward them to anyone else (accelerates situation), don't continue to read, tell a trusted adult or parent (parent needs to not threaten to take their access away), contact the bully's parents, contact the police or school officials, tell the victim that it isn't their fault, save message for evidence if it is threatening, file a complaint, call an attorney




Evaluation- SERVE Center at UNCG
www.seirtec.org/_evaluation/inst/worksheets.html
PDQ (Professional Development Exit Questionnaire)- measures whether the quality of delivery meets expectations
available in pdf form on their website

Can use pieces of any and adapt


School Technology Needs Assessment (paper pencil version or there is a free online version- email Kirk )
LOFTI- Looking for Technology Integration, not online yet but being developed for Palm OS and Pocket PC
*Need to decide what does technology integration look like- ex- using white board as a chalkboard rather than enhancement- look at ISTE- http://cnets.iste.org/teachers/web/t_rubric_assess-tech.html